Original Art by

Debi Knight Kennedy

Sterling Silver Jewelry, Original Fine Art Dolls and Puppets, Fossil Ivory and Hardwoods Figurative Sculpture

Exhibits and Career Highlights

  • 2006: Sterling Originals jewelry line continues to expand; Growing focus on Puppets, creating and performing with the Lilliputian Puppet Theatre of Haines Alaska.
  • 2005: Featured artist in Extreme Dreams Gallery, Haines, Alaska, annual opening celebration; upcoming traveling exhibit to various states of collaborative figurative sculptures with seven women artists from across the U.S. (two-year association); ongoing ivory carvings and expansion of jewelry line.
  • 2004: Featured artist in Raven's Journey Gallery, Juneau, Alaska, during Juneau's "Gallery Walk"; delved further into figurative sculpure/doll making as a serious art form; ongoing expansion of "Sterling Originals" jewelry line (represented by Taku Graphics and sold across the Pacific Northwest); ongoing ivory carvings.
  • 2003: Stonington Gallery, Seattle, Washington, Solo Exhibit--"Tradition and Beyond 2003"--ivory carvings, prints, dolls.
  • 2002: Sheldon Museum & Cultural Center, solo exhibit--"Tradition and Beyond 2002"; Confluence Gallery, Twisp, Washington, dual show with master oil painter Rod Weagant.
  • 2001: Anchorage Museum of History and Art, Anchorage, Alaska--"Earth, Fire, and Fiber"; Alder Galler, Coburg Oregon--"La Petite VIII".
  • 2000: Sheldon Museum and Cultural Center, Haines, Alaska--"Alaskan Wildlife Art"; Alder Gallery, Coburn, Oregon--"La Petite VII"; Womanmade Gallery, Chicago, Illinois--"3rd Invitational Open".
  • 1999: Debi's work accepted into the Earth, Fire and Fibre Exhibition XXII. The juror, Lloyd Herman chose 116 pieces for the exhibit out of 408 original entries. Debi's four entries"Great Blues", "Full Moon at Hawk's Pond", "First Face of Eve", and "Little Boy Rides the Giant Frog were all accepted. In addition, the piece titled "Great Blues" was chosen for recognition and received a $500 award and has since been purchased by the Anchorage Museum of History and Art. Debi was invited to be one of the featured artists in an all-woman millenium show, "The Shape of Things to Come," for the Stonington Gallery in Seattle. Featured artist for Southeast Alaska Region: Juneau Empire.
  • 1998: Featured artist, Haines, Alaska, Golden Circle Supplement, "Up Here" Magazine, Autumn 1998, published Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Golden Circle supplement widely distributed across Alaska and Yukon. Completed numerous privately commissioned ivory carvings. Launched first line of sterling silver jewelry.
  • 1997: Division Champion Winner, Southeast Alaska Fair, Haines, Alaska, in both Native Art and Fine Art categories, with miniature ivory totem, and miniature ivory mermaid. Entries in each category were open to all artists across Southeast Alaska and included all media in each category. The judges were Haines fine artists Tim Shields and John Svenson. Studied silver casting with David Ashley, jeweler, Whitehorse, Yukon. Studied silver engraving with Jay Miller, Haines. Work is shown at the Stonington Gallery in Seattle; Objects of Bright Pride, New York City and Juneau, Alaska; Inside Passage Arts in Skagway, Raven's Journey, Juneau, and personal studio Haines, Alaska. Many pieces residing in private collections across the nation. Debi has been a featured artist, annually, in the Stonington Gallery Invitational Theme, Gift, and Jewelry Exhibits since 1993. Prepared first piece for fine art exhibition, a future dream, on the subject of feminity, to be entitled "The Faces of Eve".
  • 1995-1996: Moved to Haines, Alaska. Set up personal ivory carving studio. Enjoyed getting to know and work with carvers Wayne Price, Jay Miller, Sue Folletti, John Hagen, Jim Heaton, and Levi Tetpon.
  • 1993-1994: S'Kallam Tribal Arts School, Kingston, Washington. Participated in all classes and taught 1994 ivory carving class at the school.
  • 1990-1992: Participated in all classes offered by the S'Kallam Tribal Arts School in Kingston, Washington. Studies included formline design, bentwood boxes, canoe paddles, masks, bowls, silver carving, rattles, drum making, traditional tools and implements, and finally ivory carving. The instructors were Duane Pasco, master carver; Steve Brown, curator, Seattle Art Museum, Northwest Coast Art; George David, drum maker, wood and silver carver; Loren White, wood and ivory carver; Ed Charles, tool maker and wood carver.
  • 1989: Invited to drum, sing, and particpate in many ceremonies with the Port Gamble S'Kallam Tribe. Participated with the Washington State Centennial Native Canoe Project.
  • 1988: Met Duane Pasco and made my first set of native wood carving tools under his guidance. Continued to work and study with Duane for eight years.
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Debi Knight Kennedy
PO Box 931
Haines, Alaska 99827
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